spurn
中文解釋
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Collins Definition
Verb
spurned, past tense; spurns, 3rd person singular present; spurning, present participle; spurned, past participle;
/spərn/,
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spurned, past tense; spurns, 3rd person singular present; spurning, present participle; spurned, past participle;
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Reject with disdain or contempt
- - he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned
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Strike, tread, or push away with the foot
- - with one touch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth
Noun
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An act of spurning
Web Definitions:
- reject: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
- Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. ...
- An act of spurning; a scornful rejection; A kick; To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn; To reject something by pushing it away with the foot
- Old word for “to kick disdainfully”
- (v) to reject with disdain; shun
- Kick or trample underfoot